CHAPTER 8:
Ivy's POV
I ran through the forest as if my life depended on it. Branches whipped at my arms and face, but I didn’t stop. Something was behind me, I didn’t know what it was, though I only knew I had to get away.
My shoes slipped on the slippery forest floor, but I pushed harder. My chest burned and my legs shook, but I kept going.
A sound echoed somewhere far back, and I was sure it was a crack of wood or a growl, or maybe it was only the wind? I couldn’t tell.
I stumbled over a root and almost fell, and my heart pounded so hard it hurt. I turned my head, trying to see through the dark, but there was nothing and only silence now.
I froze and listened. The forest was still, way too still and even the breeze had stopped.
Maybe I had imagined everything, maybe it was just my
